Tag Archives: Salt Lake City Stallions

AAF, NFL

Denham, Anthony

CARD: Topps AAF 2019 Certified
ACQUIRED: 2019, Private Break
FAILURE: TTM 2024, C/o Work

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Anthony Denham transferred from East LA College to Utah in 2012 to play TE for the Utes.
  • Over his two years he caught 35 passes for 426 yards and 2 TDs.
  • Undrafted in 2014, he spent the next year, year and a half on and off the practice and regular season roster of the Houston Texans.
  • Then from 2016-’18, Denham was a member of the Eagles and Cardinals, and then back to the Eagles again before finally being cut.
  • In 2019, Anthony joined the AAF and signed with the Salt Lake City Stallions.
  • Saw action in all 8 contests, starting 5, posting 18 receptions for 179 yards and a TD, before the league folded.

NOTES:

I had hoped to get Anthony on his AAF card but didn’t hear back from him.

AAF, NFL, XFL

Tanielu, Handsome

CARD: Topps AAF 2019
ACQUIRED: Private Break, 2020

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

  • Handsome Tanielu played DL first at Snow JC from 2014 to 2015.
  • Posted 38 total tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, a pass deflection, and 3 forced fumbles in 17 contests.
  • Transferred to Brigham Young for his Junior and Senior seasons.
  • Finished with 41 total tackles, and one pass deflection.
  • Undrafted, he caught the eye of the Kansas City Chiefs who had him in for minicamp.
  • He stayed in playing shape and in 2019 was signed by the Salt Lake City Stallions of the AAF.
  • Saw action in 3 games for the top ranked defense, posting a pass deflection.
  • Drafted by the XFL Houston Roughnecks in 2020, but did not make the squad.

NOTES:

Looking back it’s easy to see why Topps chose Handsome, who not only had a marketable name, but that he was also a fireplug- clocking in at 6’0″, 331 lbs.

AAF, CFL, NFL

Daniels, BJ (2)

Topps AAF 2019, #159
Topps 2020, #131

CARDS: Topps AAF 2019, Topps XFL 2020
ACQUIRED: TTM 2023, C/o USF Bulls
SENT: 12/26 RECEIVED: 2/5/24 (41 days)
FAILURE: TTM 2020, 2023

CAREER SNAPSHOT:

NOTES:

I had tried BJ a few times already without any luck- even delaying posting his original post for a few months hoping I’d get a success back, but no dice. Every once in a while I pull out my stack of failures that were RTSed by the mailman and go through them. I decided to take a closer look at Daniels’ address. I knew he worked at USF but the address was off by just a bit, so I tweaked it and tried again. A bit over two months later he sent me back the autographs and a really nice note on USF stationary thanking me for being a fan.